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PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS Ex. 1. Inflect these verbs in PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS and write one sentence with each word as in the example. e.g. write I wrote / was writing We wrote/ were writing You wrote / were writing You wrote/ were writing He/ she wrote/ was writing They wrote / were writing We wrote an English test yesterday. / I was writing a letter yesterday at 7 o’clock. 1. read 2. teach 3. do

4. think 5. wear 6. swim

7. fly 8. be 9. read

Ex. 2. Fill in the correct form of Past Simple. 1-When………… (be) the last time you…………. (tidy) your room? 2-They …………. (go) to Malta last month. 3-Yesterday we…………. (cut) the grass, then we………….. (wash) the car. 4-When we…………… (go) to Europe last year we………… (drive) through France and Italy. 5-They………………. (not / play) my favourite song at the concert yesterday. 6-The last time I ………….. (have) a haircut was two weeks ago. 7-My sister………….. (make) a beautiful cake yesterday and I ………….. (cook) dinner. 8-Sally………………… (not / visit) her grandparents last Christmas, so she…………… (write) them a letter. 9-Yesterday we……………. (take) the camera with us, but we ……………. (not / take) any pictures. Ex.3. Complete the sentences. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous. 1-It ………………..(rain) when we………………….(go out). 2-I ………………..(open) the window because it was hot. 3-When I got to the office, Ann and Peter ………………(work). 4-The phone…………….(ring) while Sue……………..(cook) dinner. 5-I ………………..(hear) a noise, so I………………..(look) out of the window. 6-Tom………………(look) out of the window when the accident………………(happen). 7-Bruce had a book in his hand, but he……………(not / read)it. He…………..(watch) TV. 8-Eric bought a magazine, but she…………….(not / read) it. She didn’t have time. 9-I……………..(finish) lunch,………………(pay), and……………..(leave)the restaurant. 10-I ……….(see) Kate this morning. I …………(walk) along the street, and she…………. (wait) for the bus. Ex.4. Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous. One day I (play) was playing football with some friends, when I (see)___________four boys on a bridge nearby. They (laugh)____________and (shout)_____________and I (wonder) what they (do) ___________ . Then I (notice)___________that they (wave)____________a puppy in the air. When the boys (see)__________me they (throw)______________the puppy over the bridge and it (fall)________________into the river. They (run)______________off laughing. I (jump)___________over the wall,(run)_____________down to the river and (leap)_____________into the water. I (grab)___________the puppy and (swim) ____________ back to the safety. My friends, who (stand)____________on the bridge,(clap)____________ . I was a hero. Ex.5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous. Yesterday she (go)____________________to school by car. I (play) ____________________tennis yesterday, but I __________________(do not)win. Eric( read) __________________book when the telephone _____________(ring). It (rain) _________________when I __________________(get) up. ____________________( watch) you the movie on television last night?